Books Set in Ethiopia

1.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,359 ratings
2.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,747 ratings
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The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat 4.08 avg rating β€” 8,968 ratings
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 3.71 avg rating β€” 8,732 ratings
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children 4.26 avg rating β€” 3,402 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,573 ratings
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood 3.88 avg rating β€” 868 ratings
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Ethiopian Voices: Tsion's Life
Ethiopian Voices: Tsion's Life 4.04 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Sweetness in the Belly
Sweetness in the Belly 3.91 avg rating β€” 9,458 ratings
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The Garbage King
The Garbage King 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,443 ratings
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Catherine's Gift: Stories of Hope from the Hospital by the River
Catherine's Gift: Stories of Hope from the Hospital by the River 3.93 avg rating β€” 158 ratings
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Yohannes Ishi
Yohannes Ishi 3.73 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Tower in the Sky
Tower in the Sky 4.49 avg rating β€” 215 ratings
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 3.46 avg rating β€” 6,727 ratings
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The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,622 ratings
16.
In Search of King Solomon's Mines
In Search of King Solomon's Mines 3.80 avg rating β€” 653 ratings
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Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia
Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia 3.55 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance
The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance 3.79 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
19.
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia 3.57 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic
Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating β€” 16,253 ratings
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The Sunbird (The Lion Hunters, #3)
The Sunbird (The Lion Hunters, #3) 4.18 avg rating β€” 450 ratings
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The Watermelon King
The Watermelon King 3.80 avg rating β€” 177 ratings
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Open My Eyes, That I May See Marvellous Things
Open My Eyes, That I May See Marvellous Things 3.91 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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Warda My Journey from the Horn of Africa to a College Education
Warda My Journey from the Horn of Africa to a College Education 4.43 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Ethiopiaβ€”The Challenge of Democracy from Below
Ethiopiaβ€”The Challenge of Democracy from Below 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Storyteller's Beads
The Storyteller's Beads 3.69 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
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In Ethiopia with a Mule
In Ethiopia with a Mule 3.95 avg rating β€” 462 ratings
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The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy
The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy 4.07 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
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Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia
Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia 3.73 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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The Hidden and Untold History of the Jewish People and Ethiopians
The Hidden and Untold History of the Jewish People and Ethiopians 3.52 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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A History of Ethiopia
A History of Ethiopia 3.54 avg rating β€” 226 ratings
33.
Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia since Live Aid
Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia since Live Aid 3.88 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
34.
The World of Girls and Boys in Rural and Urban Ethiopia
The World of Girls and Boys in Rural and Urban Ethiopia liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia's Literary Giants and Pioneers
Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia's Literary Giants and Pioneers 4.12 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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The Return
The Return 3.89 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot
Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot 3.67 avg rating β€” 622 ratings
38.
Escape Under the Forever Sky
Escape Under the Forever Sky 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,188 ratings
39.
Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain 4.26 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
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The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia
The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia 4.22 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
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Desta and King Solomon's Coin of Magic and Fortune - Vol 1
Desta and King Solomon's Coin of Magic and Fortune - Vol 1 4.36 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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How to Read the Air
How to Read the Air 3.27 avg rating β€” 2,751 ratings
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Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,926 ratings
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Pulling the Lion's Tail
Pulling the Lion's Tail 4.37 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Through These Veins
Through These Veins 4.21 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
46.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating β€” 86,450 ratings
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Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea 3.66 avg rating β€” 465 ratings
48.
Lights, Camera, Jemuru: Adventures of a Film-Maker in Ethiopia
Lights, Camera, Jemuru: Adventures of a Film-Maker in Ethiopia 4.25 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
48.
A Long Walk to Water
A Long Walk to Water 4.25 avg rating β€” 99,540 ratings
48.
HistΓ³rias EtΓ­opes
HistΓ³rias EtΓ­opes 3.25 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
48.
Ethiopia Photographed: Historic Photographs of the Country and its People Taken Between 1867 and 1935
Ethiopia Photographed: Historic Photographs of the Country and its People Taken Between 1867 and 1935 3.91 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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A Song of Longing: AN ETHIOPIAN JOURNEY
A Song of Longing: AN ETHIOPIAN JOURNEY 3.14 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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The Enchanted Castle (Shioni of Sheba, #1)
The Enchanted Castle (Shioni of Sheba, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 95 ratings
48.
Memoirs of a Prisoner of War in Shewa (March 1896 - January 1897)
Memoirs of a Prisoner of War in Shewa (March 1896 - January 1897) 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
48.
The Fountain of Saba
The Fountain of Saba
by: Andy Lang
4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
48.
Desta: To Whom the Lions Bow (Desta, #3)
Desta: To Whom the Lions Bow (Desta, #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
48.
Escaping the Lion and the Leopard
Escaping the Lion and the Leopard 4.52 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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Abyssinian Nomad: An African woman's journey of love, loss, and adventure from Cape to Cairo
Abyssinian Nomad: An African woman's journey of love, loss, and adventure from Cape to Cairo 4.06 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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The Leopard.
The Leopard. 3.26 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
60.
The King's Horse (Shioni of Sheba, #2)
The King's Horse (Shioni of Sheba, #2) 4.47 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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Ginger and the Witch Doctor
Ginger and the Witch Doctor liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Black Dove White Raven
Black Dove White Raven 3.69 avg rating β€” 3,108 ratings
63.
The Mad Giant (Shioni of Sheba, #3)
The Mad Giant (Shioni of Sheba, #3) 4.61 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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Child of the Rift Valley
Child of the Rift Valley 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
65.
The Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor and Other Stories (African Writers Series)
The Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor and Other Stories (African Writers Series)
by: Hama Tuma
4.31 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
65.
The Sacred Lake (Shioni of Sheba, #4)
The Sacred Lake (Shioni of Sheba, #4) 4.83 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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Nemo Meets the Emperor
Nemo Meets the Emperor really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 3.93 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer
Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer 3.72 avg rating β€” 333 ratings
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Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheba (Find Your Fate, #2)
Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheba (Find Your Fate, #2) 3.62 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
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Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa
Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa 3.94 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Ethiopia: Power & Protest : Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century
Ethiopia: Power & Protest : Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century 4.38 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Waugh in Abyssinia
Waugh in Abyssinia 3.49 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
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Amedeo: The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia
Amedeo: The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia 4.19 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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The Lure of the Honeybird: The Storytellers of Ethiopia
The Lure of the Honeybird: The Storytellers of Ethiopia 3.95 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Healing Lives
Healing Lives 4.32 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
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Remote People: A Report from Ethiopia & British Africa 1930-31
Remote People: A Report from Ethiopia & British Africa 1930-31 3.69 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
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Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris 3.58 avg rating β€” 648 ratings
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Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa 3.87 avg rating β€” 338 ratings
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No One's Son: The Story of a Defiant Ethiopian Boy and His Bold Quest for Freedom
No One's Son: The Story of a Defiant Ethiopian Boy and His Bold Quest for Freedom 4.08 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
81.
The Fire on the Mountain and Other Ethiopian Stories
The Fire on the Mountain and Other Ethiopian Stories 4.09 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
82.
An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance 3.56 avg rating β€” 730 ratings
83.
The Ethiopian Tattoo Shop
The Ethiopian Tattoo Shop 4.22 avg rating β€” 185 ratings
84.
Warrior King (AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES ; 163)
Warrior King (AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES ; 163) 3.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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The Four Quarters of the World
The Four Quarters of the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
86.
Cry of the Giraffe
Cry of the Giraffe 3.76 avg rating β€” 233 ratings
87.
Eating the Flowers of Paradise: One Man's Journey Through Ethiopia and Yemen
Eating the Flowers of Paradise: One Man's Journey Through Ethiopia and Yemen 3.71 avg rating β€” 101 ratings
88.
Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen
Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen 3.73 avg rating β€” 133 ratings
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The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,890 ratings
90.
The Ethiopians: A History
The Ethiopians: A History 3.75 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
91.
Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley
Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley 2.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years
Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years 4.33 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
93.
The Templar Legion (Templar, #5)
The Templar Legion (Templar, #5) 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,077 ratings
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Gender and Poverty: Evidences from urban Ethiopia
Gender and Poverty: Evidences from urban Ethiopia 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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In Quest of the Sacred Baboon
In Quest of the Sacred Baboon 3.68 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Survival and Modernization, Ethiopia's Enigmatic Present: A Philosophical Discourse
Survival and Modernization, Ethiopia's Enigmatic Present: A Philosophical Discourse 3.70 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Oromia and Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnonational Conflict, 1868-2004
Oromia and Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnonational Conflict, 1868-2004 3.91 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Remapping Ethiopia: Socialism & After
Remapping Ethiopia: Socialism & After 3.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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The Rich Man and the Singer: Folktales from Ethiopia
The Rich Man and the Singer: Folktales from Ethiopia 4.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Riding the Whirlwind: An Ethiopian Story of Love and Revolution
Riding the Whirlwind: An Ethiopian Story of Love and Revolution 4.14 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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